Ernesto has been soaking our yards and gardens today with much needed rain, and we are very thankful. We've needed it! Although a lot of folks in Virginia are without power this evening, we never had our lights even blink from the storm's winds. Another reason to be thankful!
However, Tom has been working long hours and is still at the office tonight helping to restore power to some of the 320,000 folks who are in the dark. Unfortunately, he'll also work a long day on Saturday and possibly could be sent to the eastern part of Virginia to help out there once our area is completely restored. He was told to pack enough clothes for 5 days. I have to admit that it's a little harder to be thankful when a holiday weekend is ahead and no husband around to enjoy it with.
But Jonathan and I are holding down the fort and making the best of it. Hopefully, Tom will be safely home once everything is over. And the girls will be back from their visit to Granny's sometime this weekend. The sun will shine again, and family life will once again be normal.
~Deb
I am glad that all is well with your family after the storm and I hope your hubby makes it home soon!
Posted by: Randi | Friday, September 01, 2006 at 11:24 PM
I pray for safety and endurance for Tom this weekend. We arrived in VA with hurricane Isabel in 2003 and I was in awe of the incredible work the repair crews performed for weeks on end. I hope you can still enjoy your weekend without your love. Blessings to you all.
Posted by: Donna | Friday, September 01, 2006 at 11:59 PM
The actual storm missed us by about 10 miles but we had plenty of wind and rain.
Chris is still working temp jobs during the week.He took one in Huntersville,NC-near Charlotte.Chris is still gone during the week but at least he is closer then Ohio and not flying.I call this our new normal and keep praying that he gets a job back at home to say things are back to normal!!Actually then it will be our new normal all over AGAIN.
Posted by: Tammy | Saturday, September 02, 2006 at 08:18 AM
Some of those 320,000 without power are us!
we are sending this via generator!!!!
Our power went out Friday morning at 7:10am so all I've got to say is, "Hey Tom, Come on down!!!"
Despite Ernesto our church's 40th anniversary is going strong. Power just came on at the church today so we will have a service tonight and tomorrow.
Bye
Fred
Posted by: Fred | Saturday, September 02, 2006 at 03:50 PM
Thank you Randi and Donna for your well wishes and prayers.
Tammy, sometimes I guess we wonder about the meaning of normal--like the book title "normal is only a setting on your dryer!" Hope your household gets back to an enjoyable normal before too long.
Fred, sorry we couldn't attend the 40th anniv festivities. But glad we were able to see most of the folks there back in July. Tom is still working the outages over this way because Charlottesville was hit so badly. But thankfully that just might keep him from being shipping your direction for even longer!
Posted by: Deb | Sunday, September 03, 2006 at 11:35 AM
We were supposed to get some of that rain too, but not so any longer! I was hoping for the rain, because our yard has been needing it. Oh well, guess I'll drag out the sprinkler!
Posted by: Tammy S | Sunday, September 03, 2006 at 10:02 PM